Chapter 41: Beast-Speech Ring

The breeze blew all the way, how comfortable.

Occasionally there were bumps, but it also had a unique flavor.

Spending money is indeed different.

"Guest, Seda Herb Garden is here."

In less than half an hour, the carriage had stopped at the gate of the herb garden, and the driver turned to greet Gao De.

Gao De nodded slightly, took his items from under the seat, and got off the carriage somewhat reluctantly.

Gao De pushed open the gate of the herb garden.

As soon as he entered the herb garden, an apprentice who was cleaning the herb garden noticed him and immediately greeted him very sensibly, taking the large and small bags of things from his hands.

Gao De was not polite and said casually: "Send the bread, vegetables, and meat to the kitchen, send other things to my workshop, and tell Ramos that we are having extra food at noon, potato stewed with meat!"

"Okay!" Hearing the five words "potato stewed with meat," the apprentice subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his eyes shining, and responded excitedly.

Actually, it wasn't just him who craved meat; Gao De also craved it very much.

Since coming to this world, he hadn't eaten a single meal of meat! This was simply unimaginable for Gao De, who was a modern person.

He had always been a meat lover; if he didn't eat meat in a meal, it was like not eating.

Thinking of this, the fragrance of meat juice seemed to be overflowing in Gao De's mouth.

In the end, Gao De's expectation was not disappointed, but it was not satisfied either.

Meat was indeed eaten, but the taste was unsatisfactory.

Because, in this world, unless it is a wealthy family, most commoners do not have many seasonings at home, and the method of handling meat is very simple: boil water to blanch the meat, then add potatoes and peas, and add a little salt and a herb called Xin grass with a little spicy taste to stew, stew for more than half an hour, and then it is directly out of the pot.

The potato stewed with meat out of the pot like this, not to say it is hard to eat, but it is far from the taste of potato stewed with meat in Gao De's impression, relying purely on the deliciousness of the meat itself to support it.

However, the apprentices and even Gao De ate it very happily.

For them who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, as long as the meat wasn't burnt or spoiled, it was delicious no matter what.

"Must live a life where there is meat in every meal!" After eating his fill, Gao De made a grand wish in his heart.

After becoming the Garden Master, there was another huge benefit.

Gao De's time was originally arranged full: in the morning, daily work in the herb garden including cultivating herbs and raising small gray rats, in the afternoon formulating magic potions, and at night cultivation.

But with his status in the herb garden, naturally, he no longer needed to do those basic daily tasks.

That is to say, Gao De had a whole morning of free time for nothing.

Some time ago, he was still recuperating, and the mind that had been tense for a month had just been liberated, so Gao De enjoyed his free time with peace of mind.

But after this period, Gao De gradually began to feel unable to sit still.

Too boring!

Mainly because there were not many entertainment methods in this world—even if there were, Gao De couldn't afford them.

On the other hand, he couldn't find many things to fill his extra free time in the morning.

Limited by mental power and energy, he could only formulate a set of primary spider venom potions a day.

Increasing the workload would lead to mental overload, or even affect the cultivation at night.

The cultivation time was also a fixed three to four hours; exceeding this time would lead to a low-efficiency stage of half the effort for twice the result due to excessive consumption of mental power.

The importance of mental power was reflected vividly.

So when the time agreed with Pierre arrived, Gao De got up early, took the two sets of primary spider venom potions he had just formulated, left the herb garden, and rushed to the grocery store in a hurry. Grocery store.

"Negotiated, the other party is willing to increase the price to 8 Saint Xi En gold coins?"

Gao De looked at Pierre, who had a look of self-satisfaction, and still couldn't believe it.

This little old man's bargaining would be so powerful, able to almost double his repair fee? With this glib tongue, why not go into business and become rich? "Can I still lie to you?" Pierre raised his eyebrows, "But it's true that the other party is in a hurry, so I could 'sit on the ground and raise the price' so smoothly."

"Didn't I tell you the day before yesterday that the number of wild beasts and subterranean creatures outside the city has increased significantly recently, and they have become abnormally irritable?"

"Someone in the city is suspecting that it might be caused by some high-rank magic plant that is about to mature, attracting subterranean creatures to move out."

The information the little old man inquired about was very detailed and explained to Gao De: "So these people sent manpower to search deep in the mountains and forests outside the city, but they have been searching for half a month, and they have always found nothing."

"The client who asked you to repair the magic item is one of those who intend to find high-rank magic plants."

"This magic item can help the other party find the high-rank magic plant he envisioned?" Gao De asked back.

"Smart," Pierre praised while taking out a simple ring from the drawer under the counter and handing it to Gao De, "This is the magic item the client wants to repair."

The ring was made of polished copper material, and its surface was carved with delicate rune patterns; these runes would emit faint fluorescence under the light.

Gao De looked carefully.

Sure enough, one of the slightly white lines of the runes was covered with a layer of faint green rust.

The originally continuous lines were corroded and interrupted, exposing the dimmer metal texture under the ring body.

It should be that this ring had suffered some corrosive damage, which destroyed the magic runes engraved on it while damaging it.

"Its name is Beast-Speech Ring," Pierre introduced as Gao De took the ring: "It is attached with the 1st-circle spell 【Animal Friendship】, which can allow people to briefly possess the ability to talk to animals."

"Things that people can't find, perhaps they can only go and ask animals." Gao De already understood the client's idea.

"Exactly so," Pierre nodded and exhorted: "The client requires the Beast-Speech Ring to be repaired within ten days."

"No problem," Gao De put away the "Beast-Speech Ring" and guaranteed confidently: "It will definitely be done properly."

Gao De understood that the reason why he could get the "Beast-Speech Ring" so easily without any guarantee or even meeting the client was entirely because Pierre bore all the risks.

The monk can run, but the temple cannot; Pierre's grocery store is open here, so he can't run away just for a damaged 1st-circle magic item, right? Because of this, the client could safely hand over the "Beast-Speech Ring" to Pierre.

And Pierre handed the "Beast-Speech Ring" to him, but it was purely based on trust.

This trust made Gao De very grateful.

After putting away the "Beast-Speech Ring," Gao De took out the two sets of primary spider venom potions he brought this time.

Pierre still purchased them at the price of 35 silver per set.

With the huge sum of 70 silver just obtained, Gao De headed straight to the medicinal herb shop and spent 60 silver to buy 5 portions of green spider sacs over one year old.

No way, green spider sac is one of the three main ingredients of primary spider venom potions.

Without this, it is impossible to formulate primary spider venom potions.

Gao De, who finished paying the payment while enduring the heartache, actually wanted to buy a book on herb cultivation or a book on medicinal herb identification.

But unfortunately, the medicinal herb shop could not take this kind of thing out for sale.

Although the preciousness is not as good as the medicinal recipe, this is also the thing people eat, enough to be passed down for several generations.

Knowledge is extremely precious and expensive in this world! This made Gao De even more urgent to open the wooden box left by Master Seda—there is likely a recipe for primary stamina potions in the box.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====